Grad Students Push Back On UI Contract Change
Graduate student leaders denounce a new 2017 19 contract limited to base pay under a stripped bargaining law. They demand negotiations on permissible topics such as work hours leave and overtime, urging the Board of Regents to honor previously negotiated protections and broader compensation.
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Doctor: Gunshots killed pair in 2014 murder trial
Iowa medical examiner testifies in the Ced ar Rapids case of Kendu Petties as the gunshots killed Sierrah Simmons and Quintrell Perkins in 2014. Simmons died from a head wound and Perkins from an upper chest wound with other nonfatal injuries. Petties, 33, is charged with two counts of first degree murder and conspiracy. The killings occurred while two others and two children were present. The defense contends Petties was not the shooter. The trial resumes in Linn County District Court.
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